Breast Conservation Plus Radiation Tops Mastectomy  — “More extensive breast surgery does not appear to save any lives.”

Breast Conservation Plus Radiation Tops Mastectomy — “More extensive breast surgery does not appear to save any lives.”

Breast-conserving surgery accompanied by radiotherapy (RT) gave women better survival odds than mastectomy with or without RT, according to Swedish researchers. Among nearly 50,000 women treated for T1 to T2 breast cancer, those who underwent breast-conserving surgery...
Charles: Surviving Cancer All My Life

Charles: Surviving Cancer All My Life

“I’ve been battling or I should say surviving cancer for 47 years. I’m 81 now and I was 34 when my fight began. A tumor the size of a football was discovered on my kidney in 1973. It was scary, I thought I was going to die and my wife thought she was going to be a...